Primary Job Title Professor and Associate Dean Primary Organization 
University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Gender Male
Richard K. Parrish, MD, is Professor and Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. He completed two glaucoma fellowships at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Dr. Parrish has served as the Project Chairman of
the Fluorouracil Filtering Surgery Study (FFSS), the Vice Chairman of the Ocular Hypertension Study (OHTS), and the Director of the Optic Disc Reading Center (ODRC) for the Collaborative Initial Glaucoma Treatment Study (CIGTS) and OHTS. He has presented research findings at national and international ophthalmic meetings and serves on the editorial boards of several major ophthalmic journals. Dr. Parrish was named Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine before assuming the position of Associate Dean.
In addition to training Bascom Palmer Eye Institute residents and fellows, Dr. Parrish is interested in the continuing medical education of Central and South American Ophthalmologists. He coauthored Cirugia de Glaucoma, the first glaucoma surgical atlas that was written specifically for Spanish-speaking clinicians. His most ambitious undertaking was the creation and editing of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute Atlas of Ophthalmology, a 678-page atlas with more than 1,200 images and 102 collaborating authors.
